hotel reward category

In early February 2018 SPG published a list with 131 hotels scheduled to drop in reward category on March 6, 2018. There were 54 hotels in North America and 77 hotels in other global regions. Turns out 5 international hotels did not change category and one Luxury Collection hotel appears to have left Starwood Hotels.…

While 1,083 Marriott brand hotels increased in points cost for reward nights on March 6, 2018, there were also 45 hotels that dropped from category 6 to category 5 making them newly eligible for free reward night certificate redemptions. Category 6 reward nights at 30,000 points dropping to category 5 at 25,000 points is a…

Club Carlson is raising reward rates at 55 hotels on March 1, 2018. That is not an alarming number of hotels in a portfolio of 1,500+ hotels worldwide. What blows my mind is 11 of these 55 hotels are places I have stayed in the past three years or plan to be in 2018. Loyalty…

Club Carlson has posted its 2018 hotel category changes for 124 hotels effective March 1, 2018. Overall the changes look relatively even handed with 55 hotels going up in award category and 69 hotels dropping award category. EMEA-Europe, Middle East and Africa see the majority of changes where 33 hotels rise in category and 42…